The fight card for Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Houston” event is now set, and a handful of notables are part of the night’s untelevised preliminary card.

The event takes place Aug. 21 at Houston’s Toyota Center and features two title fights on the Showtime-televised main card.

Texas fans, though, will be treated to one of the organization’s deeper preliminary cards; MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently confirmed the seven-fight preliminary card with Strikeforce officials.

The featured attraction pits NCAA Division I national wrestling runner-up Daniel Cormier (4-0 MMA, 2-0 SF) against fellow heavyweight Jason Riley (7-3 MMA, 0-0 SF), a promotional newcomer perhaps best known for his September 2009 loss to Tim Sylvia at Adrenaline MMA 4. Cormier, who picked up the King of the Cage heavyweight title this past weekend, fights for the third time in three weeks.

Heading into the all-Texas portion of the prelims, featherweight Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes (1-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) takes on journeyman Rocky Long (19-25 MMA, 0-0 SF). Magalhaes (not to be confused with “The Ultimate Fighter 8″ runner-up of the same name) is the head at Gracie Barra Texas in Webster.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

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